republic in time
Subtitle: temporality and social imagination in nineteenth-century America
By: Thomas M. Allen
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780807831793; 9780807858653
Subjects: Space and time -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Space and time -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Nationalism -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Democracy -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Material culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century; American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Space and time in literature; United States -- Intellectual life -- 1783-1865; United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865; United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-266) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Time and modern nationhood; title: The future republic; title: Material time; title: Clockwork nation; title: Time in the land; title: Emerson's deep democracy; title: Conclusion: The ends of time